{"id":71,"date":"2014-06-09T14:07:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T21:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/astronomy\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:19:07","slug":"planetarium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/astronomy\/planetarium\/","title":{"rendered":"Planetarium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn Astronomy in the Planetarium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In our 30-feet planetarium dome, we are able to recreate the clear night sky. The projection system (Evans and Sutherland Digistar 2025 system now installed, including new 4K projectors) enables students to explore the stars, the Solar System, galaxies, and other objects, and allows them to travel through the universe in their classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>College courses in astronomy that are taught in B244 are held in the planetarium, which is a unique feature of our College. This includes in-person and hybrid sections of Astronomy 100, Astronomy 101, and parts of Astronomy 201 (typically offered in Spring).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Planetarium Shows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our planetarium has recently completed a major upgrade, thanks to major support from the Bellevue College Foundation. <\/strong>If you are interested in a show for a group (e.g. school, clubs, etc.), <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=HCVM-UcTLkKz6orFa-_WywwcZ3dOShpCrZAXVpmxb9BUMFpDMjc5MlpTVDNXMEdLMU1EV00wSDZIUi4u\">please fill out this form<\/a> and we will get back to you as soon as we can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"772\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2026\/02\/planetarium3-772x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-523 img-fluid \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2026\/02\/planetarium3-772x1024.png 772w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2026\/02\/planetarium3-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2026\/02\/planetarium3-768x1019.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2026\/02\/planetarium3.png 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>View of bright galaxies from the night sky in Bellevue. This is how they would look if their brightness was extremely enhanced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn Astronomy in the Planetarium In our 30-feet planetarium dome, we are able to recreate the clear night sky. The projection system (Evans and Sutherland Digistar 2025 system now installed, including new 4K projectors) enables students to explore the stars, the Solar System, galaxies, and other objects, and allows them to travel through the universe <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/astronomy\/planetarium\/\">...more about Planetarium<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-71","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":531,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions\/531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}